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Hi, I'm working on a research final that's due pretty soon, and I want to focus on ASL and deaf communication (between both deaf/hearing and deaf/deaf from a language/linguistic standpoint, coming to a central conclusion about misconceptions and how we can all understand one another better. If I could get your Last name and first initial (or first name, whatever you feel comfortable with) and some answers to these questions I would be SO grateful


What are some common misconceptions on the part of the hearing about sign language/non-hearing communication?

How does one deal with these misconceptions?

If you could, please talk a little about the sign language as a growing language (new signs and signals developing over time, slang, etc.)

How can society as a whole help the deaf more?

What aspects of sign language are important other than the hands themselves, and how? (e.g., facial expressions, fluidity or sharpness In movements)

Any other information you can provide about non-hearing communication on a linguistic/language level
 
rwatson92 said:
Hi, I'm working on a research final that's due pretty soon, and I want to focus on ASL and deaf communication (between both deaf/hearing and deaf/deaf from a language/linguistic standpoint, coming to a central conclusion about misconceptions and how we can all understand one another better. If I could get your Last name and first initial (or first name, whatever you feel comfortable with) and some answers to these questions I would be SO grateful


What are some common misconceptions on the part of the hearing about sign language/non-hearing communication?

How does one deal with these misconceptions?

If you could, please talk a little about the sign language as a growing language (new signs and signals developing over time, slang, etc.)

How can society as a whole help the deaf more?

What aspects of sign language are important other than the hands themselves, and how? (e.g., facial expressions, fluidity or sharpness In movements)

Any other information you can provide about non-hearing communication on a linguistic/language level
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Posting the same thing in two threads is not allowed.

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The answers to all your questions are available in numerous texts and peer-reviewed journals. See: Journey into the Deaf-World by Hoffmeister, Behan, Lane, Understanding Deaf Culture: In search of Deafhood by Ladd, A Prosodic Model of Sign Language by Brentari, and numerous others. If you are in college, you should have access to research databases. USE THEM.

Go do your homework and own research. Next time, don't procrastinate.
 
TheWriteAlex said:
The answers to all your questions are available in numerous texts and peer-reviewed journals. See: Journey into the Deaf-World by Hoffmeister, Behan, Lane, Understanding Deaf Culture: In search of Deafhood by Ladd, A Prosodic Model of Sign Language by Brentari, and numerous others. If you are in college, you should have access to research databases. USE THEM.

Go do your homework and own research. Next time, don't procrastinate.
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Hey! Mine!
 
For your information, I have done extensive research. I need an interview, as required by my assignment. Obviously I'll find no one here interested. Goodbye.
 
rwatson92 said:
For your information, I have done extensive research. I need an interview, as required by my assignment. Obviously I'll find no one here interested. Goodbye.
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Ah, farewell then. In your other thread I did give you the parameters. :wave:
 
TheWriteAlex said:
The answers to all your questions are available in numerous texts and peer-reviewed journals. See: Journey into the Deaf-World by Hoffmeister, Behan, Lane, Understanding Deaf Culture: In search of Deafhood by Ladd, A Prosodic Model of Sign Language by Brentari, and numerous others. If you are in college, you should have access to research databases. USE THEM.

Go do your homework and own research. Next time, don't procrastinate.
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And add Linguistics of American Sign Language to that list of reference materials.
 
rwatson92 said:
For your information, I have done extensive research. I need an interview, as required by my assignment. Obviously I'll find no one here interested. Goodbye.
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Interviews should be conducted face to face with a deaf individual. I'm sure your instructor did not intend for you to try to find the easy way out of your assignment.
 
Most US colleges are done for the semester, unless he's taking a Maymester course, which is kind of short for doing any major research. If he's in high school, then maybe he has a week left to finish his research. Either way, this is way too late to start interviewing people.
 
Reba said:
Most US colleges are done for the semester, unless he's taking a Maymester course, which is kind of short for doing any major research. If he's in high school, then maybe he has a week left to finish his research. Either way, this is way too late to start interviewing people.
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Quarter systems still have a week of classes, and then finals week. But who knows?
 
jillio said:
Quarter systems still have a week of classes, and then finals week. But who knows?
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Still, one week left for a research paper that he's just now interviewing for? That's pushing it.
 
Reba said:
Most US colleges are done for the semester, unless he's taking a Maymester course, which is kind of short for doing any major research. If he's in high school, then maybe he has a week left to finish his research. Either way, this is way too late to start interviewing people.
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I got an extension on a research paper about Soviet occults when the semester was over in April; the extended due date was in June.
 
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